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Thursday, January 31, 2013

{allcanada} Report: CSA cuts ties with Canadian league

The Canadian Soccer Association will no longer sanction the Canadian Soccer League, according to a report from cbc.ca.

The move comes a week after Interpol hosted the Integrity in Sport conference -- which both CSA and CSL officials were in attendance -- that was intended to educate FIFA and CONCACAF on the growing match-fixing threat.

In September, a report surfacedthat an international match-fixing syndicate set its sights on the CSL.

The decision to cut ties with the CSL reportedly was contributed by a number of factors including the admission the CSA isn't equipped to tackle the domestic match-fixing problem.

At the conference, Interpol stated that while not all the money was related to match-fixing but nearly $100 million had passed through legitimate betting houses to be placed on CSL matches the past three seasons.